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| author | Chong Yidong <[email protected]> | 2010-03-19 11:15:27 -0400 |
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| committer | Chong Yidong <[email protected]> | 2010-03-19 11:15:27 -0400 |
| commit | def98666d883a9c5e7bf8066525aedf916ca7fca (patch) | |
| tree | ee7e85487941b8a148758996273f42e655114f4f /etc/PROBLEMS | |
| parent | d120008778dc12f8b64322f0c4577ad389d3d009 (diff) | |
Document Bug#5541.
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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS index 5c8f4e032b..db395df233 100644 --- a/etc/PROBLEMS +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS @@ -1418,6 +1418,21 @@ single copies. You do not need any other drivers or options. * Runtime problems on character terminals +** The meta key does not work on xterm. +Typing M-x rings the terminal bell, and inserts a string like ";120~". +For recent xterm versions (>= 216), Emacs uses xterm's modifyOtherKeys +feature to generate strings for key combinations that are not +otherwise usable. One circumstance in which this can cause problems +is if you have specified the X resource + + xterm*VT100.Translations + +to contain translations that use the meta key. Then xterm will not +use meta in modified function-keys, which confuses Emacs. To fix +this, you can remove the X resource or put this in your init file: + + (xterm-remove-modify-other-keys) + ** Emacs spontaneously displays "I-search: " at the bottom of the screen. This means that Control-S/Control-Q (XON/XOFF) "flow control" is being |